Stand Out with Hand-Written Thank Yous

From DICE, March 6, 2009...

An interesting tidbit in one of The Wall Street Journal’s “Laid off and Looking” columns: Kevin Hudson, who spent almost four years at ServiceMaster as an IT finance director, attended a program sponsored by the University of Chicago’s alumni club. One of the discussions focused on whether it’s better to e-mail or hand write a post-interview thank you note. The response from panelists?

The consensus was the latter as it is done so rarely today. While it may not guarantee getting the job, the personal touch could set you apart from the crowd and will be remembered.

This piqued my interest. Recently, I read Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture. In Chapter 41, he talks about how thank-you notes “are best done the old fashion way, with pen and paper.”

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